Detroit – While teams across Major League Baseball unburdened themselves of significant lumps of salary Wednesday — albeit at the expense of significant talent — the Tigers offered contracts to all nine of their arbitration-eligible players.
What could end up costing them in excess of $20 million for the 2021 season, the Tigers extended offers to pitchers Matthew Boyd, Daniel Norris, Michael Fulmer, Buck Farmer, Joe Jimenez and Jose Cisnero, as well as first baseman Jeimer Candelario, utility man Niko Goodrum and center fielder JaCoby Jones.
Had the Tigers not offered them contracts by 8 p.